Impeachment now or later makes little difference to that. It was clear after George W Bush that the US can go crazy in one presidential election. Trump 2 shows that enough of the US population likes being crazy that it isn't going to stop.
Trump's wrecking of the country's international reputation means the USA's importance will steadily decline. That's fortunate for the survival of the human species, but it's probably too late for the survival of high-tech civilisation. Rampant egotism seems to be the Great Filter, at least in our case.
Cricket has a mildly complicated system for adjusting victory targets when rain shortens play. At least one big international side has lost a match by misunderstanding it.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-west-indies-2008-09-352657/west-indies-vs-england-1st-odi-352665/match-report
How is the tech supposed to reliably identify what it's being used for? Remember, there is no concept of meaning in the processing that Large Language Models do. They're simply text generators.
I think that's where the Trump Administration is confused. Like many right-wing politicians, their definition of "human" is both conditional and mutable.
Easy: you're more concerned about your own status as a "wellness leader" than about other people's kids.
Being ignorant of both medicine and statistics makes this far easier. Unfortunately, the American public likes to have its wrong ideas confirmed far more than it likes to be told it is wrong. So it voted for conspiracy theories.
The stuff about Trump in the Epstein Files must be really bad to justify a distraction on this scale.
The Administration hopes to compromise enough senior military officers to gain military support when it refuses to leave power in 2029. If the officers are facing long prison terms under a successor government, that's a powerful argument for accepting claims about a "state of emergency."
They're trying to establish the Nuremberg Defence in US law. They want the military to become accustomed this kind of killing, which means there will be far too many participants to be pardoned individually. Pardons will be reserved for the senior people and the political appointees.
Which the USA has been doing, in several parts of the world, for a couple of decades. Under George W Bush, Barak Obama, Trump, Biden and Trump again. This isn't a Trump problem, or a Republican problem. It's an American problem, and if you blame it on Trump, you're complicit in the previous iterations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_airstrikes_on_Yemen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drone_strikes_in_Afghanistan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan
Trumpist, maybe. This will make it far easier to acquire "AI" software that will "detect criminals and illegal immigrants" without any of that pesky testing that would show it was simply working off skin colour and lack of a business suit.
Unfortunately, doing so would reveal just how much processing is needed to do a mediocre job. It also prevents one of the purposes of this integration: finding out what you're talking about, and adding that to your profile.
The ostensible purpose of this is to advertise at you. But do you trust these companies to keep your chat confidential when the Trump Administration comes looking for excuses to take action?
The "most powerful nation on earth" aspect is fixing itself. The US is cutting itself off from trade with tariffs; I'm already encountering European high-tech suppliers declining to do business with US customers.
Counties with wiser governments are planning how to cope with the collapse of the US economy. The AI bubble bursting, plus, inevitably, another crypto crash infecting the real economy will ensure that happens.
". . . America will simply be welcomed back to the world stage as a respected member of the global order."
Impeachment now or later makes little difference to that. It was clear after George W Bush that the US can go crazy in one presidential election. Trump 2 shows that enough of the US population likes being crazy that it isn't going to stop. Trump's wrecking of the country's international reputation means the USA's importance will steadily decline. That's fortunate for the survival of the human species, but it's probably too late for the survival of high-tech civilisation. Rampant egotism seems to be the Great Filter, at least in our case.
Screwups happen, but owning up to them is far better
Cricket has a mildly complicated system for adjusting victory targets when rain shortens play. At least one big international side has lost a match by misunderstanding it. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-west-indies-2008-09-352657/west-indies-vs-england-1st-odi-352665/match-report
". . . a designation designed for foreign adversaries, not San Francisco companies with ethics policies . . ."
Having an ethics policy makes them un-American and an adversary of the Trump Administration.
"tech cannot be used for specific military purposes"
How is the tech supposed to reliably identify what it's being used for? Remember, there is no concept of meaning in the processing that Large Language Models do. They're simply text generators.
Policing should reflect a commitment to valuing human life and prioritizing its protection.
I think that's where the Trump Administration is confused. Like many right-wing politicians, their definition of "human" is both conditional and mutable.
Time to rename CDC
It's now the Center for Disease Conspiracy.
Presumably, Johnson will insist on Chlorine Dioxide treatment when he next gets ill?
... nah, didn't think he would.
Trump's understanding of "public service"
is that the public exists to service him.
"Nothing like a problem being solved for so long that idiots and/or the arrogant dismiss it ..."
Just wait for the campaigns again water chlorination. Not fluoridation, chlorination.
"It Won’t Have Access To Evidence It Illegally Obtained"
"Of course we will. You, the prosecutor, just have to lie about where it came from. What's the judge gonna do, lock you up or something?"
"The people running the government have never experienced joy."
Maybe not, but they think they have. By stamping on other's faces.
How in the actual hell do you look at that chart and decide vaccinations have to go?
Easy: you're more concerned about your own status as a "wellness leader" than about other people's kids. Being ignorant of both medicine and statistics makes this far easier. Unfortunately, the American public likes to have its wrong ideas confirmed far more than it likes to be told it is wrong. So it voted for conspiracy theories.
Two things seem pretty clear
The stuff about Trump in the Epstein Files must be really bad to justify a distraction on this scale. The Administration hopes to compromise enough senior military officers to gain military support when it refuses to leave power in 2029. If the officers are facing long prison terms under a successor government, that's a powerful argument for accepting claims about a "state of emergency."
"... personnel taking part in military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in Latin America would not be exposed to future prosecution, ..."
They're trying to establish the Nuremberg Defence in US law. They want the military to become accustomed this kind of killing, which means there will be far too many participants to be pardoned individually. Pardons will be reserved for the senior people and the political appointees.
Those 8 senators . . .
would appear to have already made their pleas of "guilty" for when the charges are laid.
"We are talking extrajudicial murder without justification."
Which the USA has been doing, in several parts of the world, for a couple of decades. Under George W Bush, Barak Obama, Trump, Biden and Trump again. This isn't a Trump problem, or a Republican problem. It's an American problem, and if you blame it on Trump, you're complicit in the previous iterations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_airstrikes_on_Yemen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drone_strikes_in_Afghanistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan
" . . . trumpery AI. Just what the US government needs."
Trumpist, maybe. This will make it far easier to acquire "AI" software that will "detect criminals and illegal immigrants" without any of that pesky testing that would show it was simply working off skin colour and lack of a business suit.
This is why I tell new UK-based staff . . .
to consider the US legal system as actively hostile. A UK court would throw this kind of entrapment out with prejudice.
" . . . companies should be doing that content processing on-device."
Unfortunately, doing so would reveal just how much processing is needed to do a mediocre job. It also prevents one of the purposes of this integration: finding out what you're talking about, and adding that to your profile. The ostensible purpose of this is to advertise at you. But do you trust these companies to keep your chat confidential when the Trump Administration comes looking for excuses to take action?
"With the entire government of the most powerful nation on earth . . . "
The "most powerful nation on earth" aspect is fixing itself. The US is cutting itself off from trade with tariffs; I'm already encountering European high-tech suppliers declining to do business with US customers. Counties with wiser governments are planning how to cope with the collapse of the US economy. The AI bubble bursting, plus, inevitably, another crypto crash infecting the real economy will ensure that happens.